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After initiating missed approach to ajo, C182 has emergency declared by ATC and directed to march AFB to land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 587883 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200306 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ajo.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 1800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Weather Elements | Fog |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : sct.tracon |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : missed approach |
| Route In Use | approach : instrument non precision arrival : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 72 flight time total : 1173 flight time type : 700 |
| ASRS Report | 587883 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other anomaly other anomaly other other spatial deviation other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance controller : issued alert controller : provided flight assist flight crew : took evasive action flight crew : executed missed approach |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Weather Aircraft ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
Narrative:
Socal acted very radical and questioned my flying in a very disturbing manner. There was no need to send us to march AFB because we were never in any form of an emergency or danger (vny was 18 mi away). On may/fri/03, we departed vny, ca, for a VOR approach into corona. As we got to the pdz VOR, we turned to 070 degrees to intercept 078 degree radial to begin the precision approach to corona, when I heard socal asking me to do 070 degrees. I confirmed I was doing 070 degrees. He insisted to rechk the directional gyro and told me again to do 070 degrees. I responded twice I was doing 070 degrees. When we turned to 258 degrees to pdz VOR, we were at 3000 ft on top of the overcast. We intercept the 237 degree radial out of pdz and begin our descent to 1490 ft. We got visual contact with the corona airport. Clouds then quickly closed down on us. We started our missed approach. At that time socal shouted, 'pull up, pull up.' I responded, 'I have started the missed approach and climbing.' he was very excited and made me very uncomfortable. We were on top very quickly because it was a very thin layer. I asked socal to vector us to another airport in the area that will not be below minimums. Socal told us to declare 'an emergency' and go to march AFB. I responded 3 times that I did not have an emergency and did not want to land in 'march' air force base (is on tape). He insisted so we did that. As we contacted march AFB, we told the tower that we did not have an emergency. As we landed we were approached by fire trucks, armed military police and the airport manager who wanted to know what was the emergency. We told them the entire story, that socal had insisted for us to land in march. His reply was, 'socal does it very frequently and we don't know why they send planes here,' when there is not an emergency. Needless to say, we felt very annoyed and disturbed. I have flown for 28 yrs, and 1173.5 hours, and I have never experienced a situation so much out of control by a controller. We do IFR approachs every other weekend and never had any kinds of problems.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AFTER INITIATING MISSED APCH TO AJO, C182 HAS EMER DECLARED BY ATC AND DIRECTED TO MARCH AFB TO LAND.
Narrative: SOCAL ACTED VERY RADICAL AND QUESTIONED MY FLYING IN A VERY DISTURBING MANNER. THERE WAS NO NEED TO SEND US TO MARCH AFB BECAUSE WE WERE NEVER IN ANY FORM OF AN EMER OR DANGER (VNY WAS 18 MI AWAY). ON MAY/FRI/03, WE DEPARTED VNY, CA, FOR A VOR APCH INTO CORONA. AS WE GOT TO THE PDZ VOR, WE TURNED TO 070 DEGS TO INTERCEPT 078 DEG RADIAL TO BEGIN THE PRECISION APCH TO CORONA, WHEN I HEARD SOCAL ASKING ME TO DO 070 DEGS. I CONFIRMED I WAS DOING 070 DEGS. HE INSISTED TO RECHK THE DIRECTIONAL GYRO AND TOLD ME AGAIN TO DO 070 DEGS. I RESPONDED TWICE I WAS DOING 070 DEGS. WHEN WE TURNED TO 258 DEGS TO PDZ VOR, WE WERE AT 3000 FT ON TOP OF THE OVCST. WE INTERCEPT THE 237 DEG RADIAL OUT OF PDZ AND BEGIN OUR DSCNT TO 1490 FT. WE GOT VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE CORONA ARPT. CLOUDS THEN QUICKLY CLOSED DOWN ON US. WE STARTED OUR MISSED APCH. AT THAT TIME SOCAL SHOUTED, 'PULL UP, PULL UP.' I RESPONDED, 'I HAVE STARTED THE MISSED APCH AND CLBING.' HE WAS VERY EXCITED AND MADE ME VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. WE WERE ON TOP VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE IT WAS A VERY THIN LAYER. I ASKED SOCAL TO VECTOR US TO ANOTHER ARPT IN THE AREA THAT WILL NOT BE BELOW MINIMUMS. SOCAL TOLD US TO DECLARE 'AN EMER' AND GO TO MARCH AFB. I RESPONDED 3 TIMES THAT I DID NOT HAVE AN EMER AND DID NOT WANT TO LAND IN 'MARCH' AIR FORCE BASE (IS ON TAPE). HE INSISTED SO WE DID THAT. AS WE CONTACTED MARCH AFB, WE TOLD THE TWR THAT WE DID NOT HAVE AN EMER. AS WE LANDED WE WERE APCHED BY FIRE TRUCKS, ARMED MIL POLICE AND THE ARPT MGR WHO WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS THE EMER. WE TOLD THEM THE ENTIRE STORY, THAT SOCAL HAD INSISTED FOR US TO LAND IN MARCH. HIS REPLY WAS, 'SOCAL DOES IT VERY FREQUENTLY AND WE DON'T KNOW WHY THEY SEND PLANES HERE,' WHEN THERE IS NOT AN EMER. NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE FELT VERY ANNOYED AND DISTURBED. I HAVE FLOWN FOR 28 YRS, AND 1173.5 HRS, AND I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED A SIT SO MUCH OUT OF CTL BY A CTLR. WE DO IFR APCHS EVERY OTHER WEEKEND AND NEVER HAD ANY KINDS OF PROBS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.